Monday, May 7, 2007

The Embiggened O # 9,407: Hell, Even Critical Mick Has Us On His Nightstand!

You know this independent publishing blummery is getting somewhere when Critical Mick has your humble offering on the top of his nightstand reading pile (right, squint hard). Huzzah! But lo! - what's this? A review in the Irish Indo courtesy of Myles McWeeney that says something like "an out-and-out original, with crackling dialogue and sharp wit". Lummee! But stay - there's more! Yep, the current Village magazine weighs in with a full-page review that dares to suggest that The Big O is "a very funny thriller, packed tight with cracking moments and sizzling dialogue"*. Criminy! Where will it all end, people? Eh?

*In the interests of transparency, accountability, yadda-yadda-blah, we should really point out that Declan Burke writes movie reviews for Village magazine. But he's definitely not Edward O'Hare. And he hasn't paid for Edward O'Hare to have a new fitted kitchen in, oh, it must be weeks now.

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Declan Burke has published a number of novels, the most recent of which is ABSOLUTE ZERO COOL. As a journalist and critic, he writes and broadcasts on books and film for a variety of media outlets, including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Examiner and the Sunday Independent. He has an unfortunate habit of speaking about himself in the third person. All views expressed here are his own and are very likely to be contrary.